The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-26
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.


ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.
Mrs. NJ LOUISE THOMAS, president
of Sorosis, is said to be one of the most
successful bee-keepcrs in the country,
gathering 10000 pounds Of honey in q
year.
DOCTORs ANNA BROOMALL and Clara
Marshall have been appointed assistant
medical examiners by the Penn Mu.
t,ml Life Insurance Company of Phil
adelphia.
Miss EDITH ABEL will conduct a
musical school at Rockland. Me-, this
summer Miss Abel is one of the most
accomplished of musical artists, and it
IS great good fortune to secure her
services as teacher.
Mrs. JULIA H. WILSON. Of New Ha-
ven. has received from Bethany Col
lege. Topeka, Kan. the degree of Phi.
II. She greatly aided her father. DIR.
Z. A. Andrews, in compiling his Latin
lexicon, and has revised tho work since
his death.
Mrs. CANDACE WHEELER established
the 'New York Society of Decorative
Art" and 1.-The Woman's Exchange"
and with her daughter, Miss Dora
Wheeler, is at the head of 1.-The Asso-
ciated Artists" whose embroidery.
tapestries. decorative art work and
textile fabrics are world-famoua
WHO does not observe the immedi-
ate glow and security that is diffused
over the life of woman, before restless
or fretful, by engaging in gardening.
building. or any lowest department of
art? Here is something that is not
routine, something that draws forth
life toward the infinite. Margaret Full
Ter Oss0li.
1HE Presbyterian says: ut seems but
yesterday since it was thought an an
omaly for lady to 90 20 the mission
field except ms the wife of u mission
airy. Now there are twenty-four hun
dred of them, besides, probably, an
equal number of married ladies. The
results have dispeiled fears and dissi-
pated doubts"
Mns. MARIA RUIZ BURTON has title
deeds and patent in her possession to
large tracts of land in Mexico which
were granted to her grandfather. the
late Don Jose Manuel Ruiz, by the
King of Spain. IN the year 1904. These
lands are claimed by the international
Company of Mexico. As they are Of
great value. there is likely to be . Sc
rious contest for them.
Miss ELIZABETH j. GARDINER, the
distinguished American artist. VIII
has resided in Paris many years, has
received at the Salon. this year. the
much coveted and highly honorable
medal. Miss Gardiner is q native Of
Exeter, N. H., graduate of Lasell
Seminary, Auburndale, and the first
American female artist ever honored
in Paris rs above mentioned.
DIR. MARY F. THOMAS, of Richmond.
is writing a series of articles for the
Saturday Qndianapolis) Herald, on
the History of Woman Suffrage in
Indiana" Mrs. Thomas helped to
form the Indiana Woman Suffrage As
ISOLATION in 1851, and has continued
ever since an active worker in the
cause. Hence she is well qualified to
write history Of the cause in that
State which can be depended on.
MARGARET SIDNEY, the writer of
Sketches of Old Concord" lives in
"Wayside," the home of Nathaniel
Hawthorne, next door to the Alcotts'.
a mile from Concord bridge. towards
Lexington. What an inspiration!
But she sights the expectation Of pa
triotic eloquence, drives about in her
easy phaeton. taking a friend along to
hear the gossip of those who live in
the mir Of hundred years ago.
Miss RAMSAY, who distanccd all
Others in the late Cambridge examina-
tions, was twenty last January, and is
the daughter of Sir j. H. Ramsay. of
Banff. She was educated at home I'M
til thirteen years of age. In October.
1880, she entered at St. Leonard's
school, St. Andrews, N. B. In 1884
she obtained y scho larship at Girton,
having taken the first place in the en-
trance examination. She had then
been only eighteen months working at
Greek. having commenced the study
of it in January. 1888. under Miss
Case. a certificated student of Girton;
her Latin tutor was Miss Clark, also
of Girton.
The Women's Educational and In
dustrial Union, of Buffalo. has petit
toned Governor Hill to appoint two
women on the Board of Trustees of
the State Asylum for the Insane ir
that city. The petition is strength
ened by the success of women in like
positions in other States. In Massa-
chusetts it is made legally obligatory
that there shall be woman physician
in every lunatic asylum, and trustees
on State Boards. Their service has
proved of such value that Governor
Ames says: "No one would consider
for moment a proposition to dis
pcnse with them" The propriety as
we'll as the need of women in such
positions should plead with Governor
Hill for their appointment
AN experiment is to be tried at Fall
River, Mass. for the care of women
who. from time to time, appear in the
police courts charged with drunken
ness. 1t is claimed that the present
methods of dealing with women whose